No place for a can't-do attitude

SCOTS only need to look at the state of their town centres and public services to know change is needed.

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High streets across the country are scarred by shuttered shops and a lack of activity. The NHS is at breaking point and the economy continues to be stuck in the slow lane.

Successive governments are largely to blame for this state of decay, but risk-averse public bodies also have a case to answer.

In a speech today, in Glasgow, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will put bureaucrats who block progress on notice.